Communication is key, even offshore. Gregory Hale examines how wireless can improve operational efficiencies. A kenetic mesh network in action on and offshore oil and gas rig. Image from Rajant Corp…
Collaboration on- and offshore the Netherlands has resulted in a new concept in platform operations and maintenance. Elaine Maslin reports. Wagenborg’s Kroonborg. Photo from Wagenborg. Across the North Sea…
The sharp decline in oil prices over the past year has magnified the challenges that companies on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) have been grappling with for many years; increasing costs, falling exploration and aging infrastructure, coupled with commercial and legal complexity…
Flow visualization in horizontal wells is being improved thanks to carbon composite rods. Elaine Maslin takes a look. The yellow wireline mast suspends the top sheave and the pressure control equipment…
There is more to 4D technology than just exploring for oil and gas. It can also be used to monitor the storage of carbon dioxide and methane in offshore reservoirs in the North Sea. Heather Saucier finds out more. Statoil…
Weatherford’s Steve Rosenberg and Ming Zo Tan demonstrate how drilling-with-liner technology isolated a depleted sand section in deepwater Gulf of Mexico well in one trip. The Weatherford Defyer…
A team of subsurface and facilities engineers have been working together to create a viable, small footprint solution for a string of sour fields in the UK’s Outer Moray Firth. Mike Cooper explains. Cooper…
The 2014-15 oil price collapse has unquestionably severely dented confidence in the global offshore oil and gas industry, with job losses above 150,000 and tendering largely on hold. Sander Vergroesen…
Audubon Companies’ Denis Taylor and LLOG Exploration’s Craig Mullett discuss changing design considerations for condensate stabilization on the Delta House FPS in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House…
Europe is facing a tough downturn, but it will not last forever. Rystad’s Audun Martinsen takes a look. Clair Ridge modules onboard Dockwise’s Mighty Servant transport vessel earlier this year…
Elaine Maslin speaks with new Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) COO Ernie Lamza about his early career, his new role and the part technology has to play in the oil and gas industry. Ernie Lamza…
Offshore workers could soon find themselves sharing their facilities with robots, particularly in remote, harsh or hazardous environments. Elaine Maslin looks at the Argos Challenge. Homologation phase with the FOXIRIS robot…
Designer mud is helping Total tap pressure depleted HPHT reservoirs in the UK North Sea. Elaine Maslin takes a look. The West Franklin well head platform installation last year. Photos from Total…
Spending on floating production systems is expected to increase 73% in 2015-2019, with US$81 billion due to be spent over that period. Douglas Westwood analyst Ben Wilby sets the scene. BG Group’s Knarr FPSO…
Airborne Oil & Gas is taking a staircase approach to introducing new thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology to the oil and gas industry, with TCP risers in its sights. Elaine Maslin reports. A 6in TCP flowline…